slope
verb (used without object)
to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant.
was sloping
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past progressiveof slope.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The ground was sloping downward now, and becoming more and more like a rubbish dump.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Only now the soil is several inches higher than it was, sloping upward behind the ladder.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
On the west, where the side was sloping, they dug pits for the same purpose.
From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Harry Leon Wilson
Here the ice-foot was sloping, and for several feet was only fifteen inches wide!
From North-Pole Voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge
The roof was sloping, and, toward the eaves, very low.
From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Horatio Alger
